Using Azure File Sync to Migrate from Windows Server to Azure Files

Want to move from using a Windows Server file share to using Azure's serverless Azure Files? You can use Azure File sync to sync the data from your current windows server to the new Azure Files share.

[@stormlight1553]

On prem clients still saving to on prem file server. This on prem file server is syncing to the Azure files cloud share. How do your users running in Azure access the synced data. Do you just map azure clients a drive to the azure file share that is being synced with on prem. Any issues with multi direction sync between these two locations?

[@michaelpietrzak2067]

So how does one with an AAD joined machine access Azure files when NOT on a company LAN but on the road or at home? I thought SMB's generally block SMB over the internet.

[@mscloudbros]

Organizations that utilize Azure File Share typically allow for TCP port 445 traffic for connection to the azure storage account (typically at a file.core.windows.net fqdn) However if an organization wants to lock down port 445 or if ISP is blocking the port, an Azure Point-to-Site VPN to tunnel SMB traffic over a different port can be utilized - in which case an Always OnVPN setup from the endpoint device to Azure can be handy. Intune can make that easy to deploy for end users.